It would be great to see a code4lib style event in Europe - although  
if there is enough interest I would think that would suggest this  
could run as well as a US based event

I guess the issue is always to find people willing to put in the time  
and effort to do the organisation - if we've got that, we've got an  
event!

Owen

On 22 Jan 2009, at 18:21, "Edward M. Corrado" <[log in to unmask]>  
wrote:

> I probably wouldn't get any funding either [1], but would still go.  
> I think
> Jonathan is right that it is a way to deal "with the audience for  
> Code4Lib
> greatly exceeding the capacity of the conference" but I'm not sure  
> if that
> is a good thing.
>
> Edward
>
> [1] I know I won't in 2010 as we've been informed no International  
> travel
> will be funded next fiscal year.
>
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Jonathan Rochkind  
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> I guess that would be ONE way of dealing with the audience for  
>> Code4Lib
>> greatly exceeding the capacity of the conference.
>>
>> I definitely couldn't get funding to go to the Netherlands.  But I  
>> might be
>> willing to pay for it myself, since I'd like to visit there anyway.  
>> I guess
>> February is probably as cheap plane tickets as anytime for there,  
>> weather's
>> not so great.
>>
>> But holding the main c4l in a non-US location is definitely going to
>> greatly cut down US attendance, to those who are able to afford it.  
>> That may
>> or may not be a good thing.
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>>
>> Ed Summers wrote:
>>
>>> Wow, this sounds too good to be true. Perhaps this is premature, but
>>> do you think there might be interest in hosting a code4lib2010 in  
>>> the
>>> Netherlands? (he asks selfishly).
>>>
>>> I see you started a wiki page [1]. If at any point you want
>>> nl.code4lib.org (or something) to point somewhere just say the word.
>>>
>>> //Ed
>>>
>>> [1] http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/NL
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Posthumus, Etienne
>>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> At various tech related library gatherings here in the  
>>>> Netherlands there
>>>> have been discussion about setting up a regional Code4Lib (or  
>>>> something
>>>> similar)
>>>> So as a start, if there any subscribers on this list who are in the
>>>> vicinity of Netherlands/Belgium and interested, please give me a  
>>>> shout.
>>>>
>>>> We can then argue about a date/venue/agenda for an inaugural  
>>>> meeting.
>>>>
>>>> Etienne Posthumus
>>>> TU Delft Library   -  Digital Product Development
>>>> t: +31 (0) 15 27 81 949
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>>>> skype:  eposthumus
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>>>> http://www.library.tudelft.nl/
>>>> Prometheusplein 1, 2628 ZC, Delft, Netherlands
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Rochkind
>> Digital Services Software Engineer
>> The Sheridan Libraries
>> Johns Hopkins University
>> 410.516.8886 rochkind (at) jhu.edu
>>